My journey as a "student of life" and an artist, with room for the
playful or downright silly, in my world, locally or globally.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Cosmic Clout As Balancer

An artist friend when I was first starting out on my artist's road said: "If you want to create things...you have to see and hear things...like you've never done before". I've practiced that since...and it has resulted in many creations...benefiting from aconsciously developed ability...to spot an irony or a metaphor, or a fine detail...at a thousand paces. Well...so I thought...until I looked at today's picture...taken at the wonderful outdoor art exhibition...in downtown Vancouver...during the last WinterOlympics. It was only then I picked up on a small detail missed...back whenI was taking the picture. Then I was focused on the diagonal descending line the threefigures made...and framing the picture well. I believe in strong focus whether you'rewriting a song...or taking a picture...[I've heard tell that pictures need focusing].What I had missed at first...was the humongous wooden pole...wasn't just beingcarried by the three...it was actually shafting through their bodies...which was atthe core of what the artist was trying to say. This has happened to me before...whenI've gotten carried away with my own artist's savvy. It's as if the Universe taps meon the shoulder...or the cosmos clouts me in the head...and says..."Now, now...seewhat you missed?". I must admit that I have a preference for this profound way inwhich the universe intervenes sometimes...rather than another human being putting mestraight about the error of my ways. Learn something every day..........Quester.